Four new disciplines in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic programme in Pyeongchang, including big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing.
[3] Norway achieved a podium sweep in cross-country skiing, in the men's 30 km skiathlon.
[5] Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen won five medals (two gold, one silver, and two bronze), the most of any athlete at the 2018 games.
[8] Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and French biathlete Martin Fourcade tied for the most gold medals, with three each.
[9] Ester Ledecká of the Czech Republic became the first female Winter Olympian to achieve a gold medal in two separate sports at a single Games, winning in both alpine skiing and snowboarding.